Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2016, Ireland's employment increased by 8.8% compared to 2015, reaching 315k.

Ireland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 13,375k.

Ireland ranks 8th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.8% (from 276k in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.